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December 11, 2022, 11:25:12 AM
I want to say a big congratulations to France for making it to the semi finals, I was not able to watch the match but from the beginning, I already knew they would win so the out come isnt surprising.

The end is drawing nearer and just four team standing in this semi finals, the outcome will determine which two team will battle it out in the grand finale, I was specifically wish Morocco the best of play and luck in their coming game against France, I beg them to please take us to the grand finale 🙏.
since the beginning morocco was not the seeded country in this world cup because many did not expect their game to be that good, therefore after they passed the semifinals people admit it now that they deserve to be seeded this will be a great game against france later of course people want France lost in the semifinals and lost to Morocco
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December 11, 2022, 11:22:53 AM
I agree with you that Ronaldo has not been in great form for the last few months. He is struggling to return to form. But first I will say, his contribution to the Portugal team should not be forgotten.
Of course, every Portuguese and Portugal fan cannot forget Ronaldo's contribution to his country even though at this time Ronaldo has lost many minutes with Portugal. His form has dropped particularly in the number of goals he has managed to score this season with his team and country in the World Cup, but he is still one of the best.

Ronaldo is very likely to retire at the next World Cup, he will be 41 years old at that time. At club level Ronaldo has also missed out on a lot of goals statistics regardless of how the coach treated him at Manchester United, but we know how the 37 year old is doing now. About Ronaldo's next club, we will know soon and maybe it will be announced during January.
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December 11, 2022, 11:19:29 AM
England vs France yesterday was a very interesting match. The results proved that sometimes stats are not a reflection of what a team looks like, judging by the stats England were the favorite to win the match. But France found it more easier to win, England didn’t stand a chance against the French defense. I expected more from England because I watch the English premier league regularly and had high hopes for the English team. Is England overrated?
England, which we know has a competitive league in Europe, seems to have lost to France, which we know is a farmers' league, which is only dominated by one club. Actually, yesterday England had succeeded in suppressing Kylian Mbappe's movements by placing Kyle Walker at right-back to compete with him for speed, the strategy was quite successful but France was not only controlled by one person, they forgot that there were several French players who had good long passes like Griezmann, as a result the opportunity it was put to good use by Giroud's header and the winning goal for France.
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December 11, 2022, 11:15:37 AM
Portugal's loss tonight isn't because of Ronaldo not starting the match. He played. Why did he not score. I like it that Portugal and proud Ronaldo has been taught a lesson of their lives.
At the second half, I didn't see Ronaldo doing any individual contributions like we use to know him in the past when he was still young, those solo runs are not seen and this is to say he is tiring out.

Age has caught up with Ronaldo but he does not want to accept that fact. He easily gets annoyed when substituted and that is not a good thing for a professional like him. I like how his country was knocked out by a team they thought was a walkover. African being in the semi finals for the very first time makes a statement that Africa football is developing and the rest of the world should respect that. It will not surprise me if Morocco causes another upset against France in their next game.

This is the first time a team from a European countryAfrican continent has advanced from the quarter-finals to the semi-finals.

Morocco is an African country.

It means he has not been following the world cup or matches involving Morocco.
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December 11, 2022, 11:10:32 AM
The Morocco team was taken lightly by the Portugal coach. And he paid the price for this mistake in Portugal's defeat. Against Switzerland, without Ronaldo, Portugal's attack played very well and scored 6 goals. The Portugal coach thought the same strategy would work against Morocco. So he did not give place to Ronaldo in the starting XI. And so Portugal's gameplay was quite slow in the first half.
I don't say the Portugal coach, Mr. Santos was wrong by choosing Goncalo Ramos in last two matches of Portugal because of two biggest reasons.
  • Cristiano Ronaldo lost his good performance in past few months, not only in World Cup 2022
  • Goncalo Ramos is a promising young player and this World Cup can be a start for his journey with Portugal in later big tournaments.
Even I support this choice of Santos, I did know a young player like Ramos can not play well in all big matches. He need to have more experience to improve his skills and ability to face with pressure. In match with Morocco, Ramos had one chance to make a good finish with his head but failed to complete it well. If Ronaldo is a player in that position, with his jump power, he would be able to complete it better. The match with Morocco shows that Ramos must learn a lot of more things for his career.

I agree with you that Ronaldo has not been in great form for the last few months. He is struggling to return to form. But first I will say, his contribution to the Portugal team should not be forgotten.

Secondly, if there is a disruptive player like Ronaldo in the squad, at least 2/3 of the opponent's defenders would be busy blocking Ronaldo. This would have resulted in scoring opportunities for either Bruno or Felix. As we know Morocco will play defensive tactics. So Portugal coach Santos should have been smart and kept Ronaldo in the squad.

Thirdly I would say Ronaldo is very experienced. I agree Ramos is a great player. But on a big stage like the World Cup, experience is more important. And in terms of experience, the most experienced player in the Portugal squad is Cristiano Ronaldo.
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December 11, 2022, 11:08:07 AM
It was really another big disappointment for England supporters. After 56 years they were closing in on the title slowly here. But they couldn't get past the France obstacle. England could have prevented the game from ending in 90 minutes as well. However the penalty Kane missed cost them this. I wish Rashford used that last chance free-kick more effectively like a passing organization.

I was expecting that kind of an organization actually after seeing how it worked against Argentina by Netherlands before. But he decided to take that huge responsibility and failed. His shot wasn't bad maybe but here we are.
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December 11, 2022, 10:52:31 AM
England vs France yesterday was a very interesting match. The results proved that sometimes stats are not a reflection of what a team looks like, judging by the stats England were the favorite to win the match. But France found it more easier to win, England didn’t stand a chance against the French defense. I expected more from England because I watch the English premier league regularly and had high hopes for the English team. Is England overrated?
England is has a great team when it comes to football, I don't think they are overrated, it is just that France is better, I don't know where you found the stats that made you believe that England would or should win against France, but from the odds in online sportsbooks, it showed that gamblers were betting massively on France, so I am personally not surprised that France won, from the initial beginning of the match, I expected them to win, it would have been a surprise to me if they didn't.
So for me, I don't think England is overrated, they are indeed good, but from all indications, France is better in football than England.
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December 11, 2022, 10:51:10 AM
The World Cup in Qatar was last chance for Ronaldo. The Portuguese star could not do his best in the Qatar World Cup. Portugal had to leave in the last eight on Morocco's last night. They lost 1-0 in the quarter finals. This famous Portuguese star is now 37 years old. probably he may not get the chance to play in the next World Cup. Because he will be 41 years old in 2026 World Cup. In this World Cup, it has been seen that Ronaldo has fallen a lot under the weight of age. Considering that, Qatar can be considered the last World Cup of Ronaldo's career. At the end, against Switzerland in the sixteenth match and against Morocco in the last eight match, Portuguese coach Fernando Santos did not keep him in the starting eleven. The world may never see this legendary player again in the World Cup.

Portugal has indeed been eliminated, but Santos' decision not to make him a starter was something that was wrong. Ronaldo didn't deserve this ending like that, because this might be his last World Cup. Santos should be able to pay tribute to him because CR7 has made a big contribution to the Portugal National Team.

Right after the game, the former Manchester United star looked so devastated he burst into tears as he entered the dressing room. Ronaldo deserved to be disappointed because he again failed to bring Portugal to the World Cup title after trying five times.
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December 11, 2022, 10:48:24 AM
England vs France yesterday was a very interesting match. The results proved that sometimes stats are not a reflection of what a team looks like, judging by the stats England were the favorite to win the match. But France found it more easier to win, England didn’t stand a chance against the French defense. I expected more from England because I watch the English premier league regularly and had high hopes for the English team. Is England overrated?
England has been dominating the match against england. That's why france deserves won against england in the last match. ENgland was not overrated team but it's not lucky enough against france. England has more bal possessions but it has very bad execution compared with france that used counter attack as a way to make two goals against england. England can do better if it can make some shots on target to be goals.
The problem is harry kane didn't give a lot of impact to the team. The way of counter attack by france is far effective compared with the domination from ball possessions owned by england.
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December 11, 2022, 10:45:11 AM
England vs France yesterday was a very interesting match. The results proved that sometimes stats are not a reflection of what a team looks like, judging by the stats England were the favorite to win the match. But France found it more easier to win, England didn’t stand a chance against the French defense. I expected more from England because I watch the English premier league regularly and had high hopes for the English team. Is England overrated?

Well i think the match yesterday was very very close and that France was just the luckier team yesterday and that was the only reason why they have won that game. France did not really have much chances to score. There was one header of Giroud in the first half and that was pretty much it. France scored their goal with a long distance shot and i think that Pickford should have saved that shot, but he didn't obviously. After that England was the better team and the penalty that they got was deserved and also the equalizer. After the 1-1 England remained the stronger team and was closer to the next goal then France in my opinion but then France again scored pretty much out of nowhere after a corner kick. England had another chance to make the equalizer but Kane missed the penalty, which is something that happens only very rarely.
So i would say that England was just pretty unlucky yesterday.
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December 11, 2022, 10:40:45 AM
Therefore, there is nothing surprising if none of the two teams of Argentina and France go to the finals.
Good understanding, the 2022 world cup in Qatar this time is a difference from the world cup that has passed four years ago, I can't imagine what happened to Portugal yesterday, they have fielded some of the best players in the second round, but luck was not on their side 90 + 8 minutes also did not produce a goal from the Portuguese club, England was also so unlucky for them in the second penalty that France ended 1-2, i think yesterday we will see england vs. France ended with a penalty just like it did Argentina vs. The Netherlands, it turns out that the situation is different.

What you say going forward also does not rule out the possibility that what we hope will change 100°c on the field could be the other way around, Croatia and Morocco will dominate the final, the ball is round, the world cup this time cannot be predicted based on player expertise, that is a fact that is happening at this time, the world cup this time is more towards luck.
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December 11, 2022, 10:40:38 AM
argentina vs croatia this match is going to be a very interesting game because in the previous match croatia defeated brazil team to play with argentina. So everyone thinks that this game will be a different game. But in this game argentina has 90% chance to win.  Because argentina is a very strong team. Croatia defeated Brazil very hard and is ready to play with a strong team like argentina.

I am also very optimistic about Argentina's victory in Croatia vs Argentina match. I would say Brazil team lost against Croatia because of their poor match strategy. They could have won this match if they performed a little more carefully. Brazil's defense was very strong. If only Brazil had played defensively after Neymar scored in the 105th minute. Had they tried to keep their defense tight, Croatia's players would not have been able to score. But Brazil coach Tite didn't do that. He wants to play attacking till the end of the match. As a result, Brazil conceded a goal in the 117th minute and the match was a draw. I don't think Argentina's coach will make such a mistake. Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni is very clever.
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December 11, 2022, 10:37:12 AM
If you still bet that Morocco will become world champion, you can do so against odds of around 10.0
This means that the chance that Morocco will become world champion is nil according to the bookmakers, but a victory by France over Morocco is good for odds of 1.60
Still quite high, if you compare the level of France's match yesterday with Morocco's matches. For Kane it was very sour that he missed a penalty, it can happen to the best of course. What we should not forget is that there will also be a match for the 3rd/4th place at the World Cup.
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December 11, 2022, 10:25:38 AM
I want to say a big congratulations to France for making it to the semi finals, I was not able to watch the match but from the beginning, I already knew they would win so the out come isnt surprising.

The end is drawing nearer and just four team standing in this semi finals, the outcome will determine which two team will battle it out in the grand finale, I was specifically wish Morocco the best of play and luck in their coming game against France, I beg them to please take us to the grand finale 🙏.
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December 11, 2022, 10:25:16 AM
Currently there are 4 national teams that have confirmed qualification for the semifinals of the 2022 world cup Qatar. Argentina vs Croatia and France vs Morocco, there are have possibility with final edition of the 2018 world cup will happen again if Croatia and France are able to win in the semifinals. Maybe France has a big enough chance to qualify for the final round in a row with the opponent they are facing is Morocco.

However, has bit pessimistic about Croatia's chances of making history to be able to penetrate the World Cup final in two consecutive editions because the opponent they are facing is the favorite for World Cup winning is Argentina.
Everything can still happen now, even looking at the previous chances between Croatia and Morocco who faced Brazil and Portugal, actually they had a small chance and it was almost the same as now, but they were able to make a breakthrough and even go so far.
I want Morocco to work extra extra in the semi-finals later because it will indeed be more pride for them if they manage to qualify for the finals even though being in the semi-finals is already a cool thing for them.
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December 11, 2022, 10:19:07 AM
It's really strange that Morocco has come this far. If they eliminate France and reach the final it will be a really strange result, at least from my point of view. One of the possible outcomes would be France and Argentina in the final, but I wouldn't be surprised if it's another surprise. There have been a lot of surprises so far and I don't think I'll be surprised by what happens next.
Why is this thing called strange because this is a surprise for us? I guess instead of calling these things weird I want to say they're amazing. being in a world cup with a lot of big teams in it they were able to make a real splash and even now getting to the semi-finals is really an amazing thing for them to do.
Now it remains only to see if France will be able to stop the unexpected power of Morocco or if they will follow in the footsteps of Spain and Portugal.
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December 11, 2022, 10:17:17 AM
Currently there are 4 national teams that have confirmed qualification for the semifinals of the 2022 world cup Qatar. Argentina vs Croatia and France vs Morocco, there are have possibility with final edition of the 2018 world cup will happen again if Croatia and France are able to win in the semifinals. Maybe France has a big enough chance to qualify for the final round in a row with the opponent they are facing is Morocco.

However, has bit pessimistic about Croatia's chances of making history to be able to penetrate the World Cup final in two consecutive editions because the opponent they are facing is the favorite for World Cup winning is Argentina.
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December 11, 2022, 10:02:22 AM
England vs France yesterday was a very interesting match. The results proved that sometimes stats are not a reflection of what a team looks like, judging by the stats England were the favorite to win the match. But France found it more easier to win, England didn’t stand a chance against the French defense. I expected more from England because I watch the English premier league regularly and had high hopes for the English team. Is England overrated?
The match between England and France has been competitive. Both teams played great attacking and defensive. I thought at one point during the game that England might have secured victory. But that didn't happen, Harry Kane, one of the players behind England's defeat, has now become worse in the eyes of England fans. Because he pushed England to defeat by missing the second penalty. And finally England was defeated.
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December 11, 2022, 10:00:23 AM
I'm Portuguese and I have to admit that Morocco squad did a great match and the trainer strategy paid off. Their defensive counterattack strategy was able to sustain every Portuguese attack. It was amazing to see how their strategy made have complete control of the game from beginning to end.

Now I'm all for Morocco to take the Cup Home. Go Morocco!
It sounds a bit strange that you would fully support the team that has prevented your country from winning the World Cup so easily, but that is your right because maybe you have a reason. I personally support Morocco to final regardless of whether they can beat France in the semi-final or not, but if Morocco make it to final then I think they are absolutely perfect.

France has a strong mentality and also a better chance of reaching the final than Morocco. We all know that the probability of France winning will be very high, but I really don't want to believe in the probability after Morocco managed to beat Spain and Portugal in two crucial matches.
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December 11, 2022, 09:57:37 AM
It's really strange that Morocco has come this far. If they eliminate France and reach the final it will be a really strange result, at least from my point of view. One of the possible outcomes would be France and Argentina in the final, but I wouldn't be surprised if it's another surprise. There have been a lot of surprises so far and I don't think I'll be surprised by what happens next.
I agree with you a lot. Probably France and Argentina will play the final of this World Cup. Because these two teams look very promising from the start. However, there have been many surprising events in this World Cup. Therefore, there is nothing surprising if none of the two teams of Argentina and France go to the finals.
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